Explore Cape Breton, New Brunswick, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
Imagery © Google · for orientation only, not for navigation
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cape Breton, New Brunswick. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of New Brunswick or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Cape Breton and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Cape Breton.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Cape Breton |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | Westmorland |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.208331 |
| Longitude | -64.749219 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E1H |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DAWGS |
Cape Breton is a locality in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Cape Breton is located at 46.2083°N, 64.7492°W.
Cape Breton rests quietly within the low-lying terrain of New Brunswick, defined by the persistent, dark currents of the Shediac River as it bends near the rise of Fisher Hill. It lies 4.3 km east-south-east of Maple Hills, NB (from Maple Hills, NB: bearing 112°T), and is situated 12.7 km north-north-east of Moncton. The air here holds a particular, heavy stillness at dusk, as if the land itself is listening for the tide to turn. High above the riverbanks, the ground remains firm, providing a steady vantage point over the water that carves its path through the woods. To the northwest, the Irishtown Road Reservoir sits like a polished mirror, offering a cool, stagnant contrast to the movement of the river. Cape Breton persists as a quiet intersection of earth and water, where the light fades into long, grey shadows that stretch across the grasses, marking the slow transition from the heat of the day into the cool, damp breathing of the night. History lingers in the way the local roads skirt the edges of the high ground, following the contours established by those who first worked the nearby timber and cleared the soil for small-scale sustenance. While the economy of the region has shifted away from the intensive harvests of the past, the connection to the landscape remains visible in the scattered, sturdy homes that face the Shediac River. People here carry on with a deliberate, quiet focus, their daily movements shaped by the seasonal thaw and the persistent, encroaching presence of the forest. The character of Cape Breton is found not in grand monuments, but in the way the wind catches the reeds along the riverbanks, a simple, recurring sound that accompanies the local life. This is a geography of necessity and persistence, where the proximity of the Irishtown Road Reservoir and the winding river dictates the pace of every season.
Cape Breton déploie ses terres douces sous une lumière oblique, là où la colline Fisher domine le relief avec une patience minérale. La rivière Shediac serpente à proximité, dessinant une frontière liquide qui accompagne le quotidien des habitants dans un murmure constant, véritable fil conducteur de leur labeur agricole et de leur enracinement profond. À quelques kilomètres, l'Irishtown Road Reservoir conserve une quiétude immobile, capturant les teintes changeantes du ciel lorsque le crépuscule s'étire sur les champs. Cape Breton conserve une identité humble, façonnée par les cycles du sol et une mémoire collective qui se transmet dans le silence des soirées d'automne. Ici, l'existence se mesure à la patience du climat et à la rigueur d'un terrain qui demande une attention soutenue, loin des agitations urbaines. Les traditions se maintiennent par des gestes répétés, une manière de cultiver l'espace qui honore les racines acadiennes de la région de Westmorland sans jamais s'épuiser. Chaque tournant de la route révèle une intimité nouvelle avec le paysage, une harmonie entre les ouvrages humains et la présence indomptable des eaux qui irriguent ce territoire, offrant à ceux qui l'habitent une existence empreinte de solitude choisie et de fidélité aux horizons familiers.
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Explore Cape Breton, New Brunswick, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 46.208331, -64.749219. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Cape Breton includes the postal code (E1H), telephone area code (506). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Cape Breton is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |